SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRAPLAQUE NEOVASCULARIZATION FOR VULNERABILITY: OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY STUDY

The in vivo significance of intraplaque angiogenesis is not fully understood. The present study was designed to investigate the significance of intraplaque neovascularizaton (NV) in culprit lesions and non-culprit lesions of unstable angina pectoris (UAP) and in lesions of stable angina pectoris (